Event viewer service not starting windows 7

Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Jeeped MVP. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Jeeped's post on June 25, In reply to A. User's post on June 25, In reply to Jeeped's post on June 26, User's post on June 26, Close off Explorer and then locate the menu shortcut to open it and right-click, Run as Administrator.

Restart the computer into Safe Mode without networking. Type net stop winmgmt and press Enter. Type in RepositoryOld and press Enter. Restart the computer back into normal mode to an administrator account. Restart the computer. Test the Event Viewer. It should be working now.

See step 7 Let us know if this fixes the issue. Regards, Gokul - Microsoft Support. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Gokul T's post on December 12, I've tried the above procedure and after the final reboot, I still cannot start the windows event log service.

Wednesday, March 17, PM. Hi Bob, This issue can be caused due to the incorrect permission settings for the administrators group. Friday, March 19, AM. Thanks, Bob Bilmanis. Friday, March 19, PM. Monday, March 22, AM. Monday, August 16, AM. Arthur, that worked for me too Win 7 Professional bit , thanks!

One has to wonder why there is such a glaring bug in Windows 7 though. Tuesday, August 24, AM. Wednesday, September 8, AM. So the questions are: What is the bug in W7 that causes the event service to fail intermittently? Why is the Log On panel grayed out I'm running the Services panel as administrator? Ted Ted Gage. Wednesday, February 2, PM. Monday, March 21, AM. Friday, April 1, AM. Wednesday, November 16, PM. Pull up your services snap-in and find the event log service.

Fit both on your screen. I have a feeling the following steps will require some trial and error, this is what I did 7. Click ok. At this point my event viewer service started running when I tested it. Good luck!

Wednesday, December 14, AM. Tuesday, December 20, PM. Tuesday, December 27, AM. Thursday, February 2, PM. Thank you! Friday, February 3, PM. Any luck, snakeybidder? Wednesday, May 9, AM. Thursday, June 14, PM. TheOne 1. Hi Bob, Give this guide a try - it's written for Server R2 but is basically the same procedure. Proposed as answer by A.

Thursday, July 19, PM. Monday, August 6, AM. I booted into normal mode and now the Event Log service is starting and the VM is happy.

Thanks all for your contributions. Friday, September 20, PM. Hello Hope you are still there to answer a question. Do I need to 'reverse' the changes made above or any other ideas would be gratefully received.